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Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs Standards and Guidelines for Medical Assisting Educational Programs Essentials/Standards initially adopted in l969; Revised in 1971, 1977, 1984, 1991, 1999, 2003 Adopted by The American Association of Medical Assistants American Medical Association and Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs The Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP) accredits programs upon the recommendation of the Curriculum Review Board of The Amer ican Association of Medical Assistants Endowment (CRB- AAMAE). These accreditation Standards are the minimum standards of quality used in accr editing programs that pr epare individuals to enter the medical assisting profession. The accreditation Standards therefore constitute the minimum requirements to which an accredited program is held accountable. Standards are printed in regular typeface in outline form. Guidelines are printed in italic typeface in narrative form. Preamble The Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP), The Ameri can Association of Medical Assistants and American Medical Association cooperate to esta blish, maintain and promote appropriate standards of quality for educational programs in medical assisting and to provide recognition for educational programs that meet or exceed the minimum standards outlined in these accreditation Standards . Lists of accredited programs ar e published for the information of students, employers, educational institutions and agencies, and the public. These standards are to be used for the development, evaluation, and self-analysis of medical assisting programs. On-site review teams assist in the evaluation of a pr ogram’s relative complian ce with the accreditation Standards . Description of Profession: Medical assistants are multiskilled allied health professionals specifically trained to work in ambulatory settings, such as physicians’ offices, clinics, and group practices, performing administrative and clinical procedures. I. Sponsorship A. Sponsoring Educational Institution A sponsoring institution must be a postsecondary academic institution accre dited by an institutional accrediting agency that is recognized by the U.S. Department of Education, and must be authorized under applicable law or other acceptable authority to provide a post-secondary program, which awards a minimum of a diploma/certificate at the completion of the program. B. Consortium Sponsor 1. A consortium sponsor is an entity consisting of two or more members that exists for the purpose of operating an educational program. In such instances, at leas t one of the members of the consortium must meet the requirements of a sponsoring educatio nal institution as described in I.A. Medical Assisting 1
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